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Happy 70th Birthday to Bernard Sumner, Born January 4, 1956

January 4, 2026 Albumism Staff
Photo: Frazer Harrison | Getty Images

Photo: Frazer Harrison | Getty Images

Please join the Albumism team in celebrating Bernard Sumner’s musical legacy and revisit audio & video highlights from his career below!

Born: January 4, 1956
Biography | Discography (Studio Albums):

Joy Division

Unknown Pleasures (1979)
Closer (1980)

New Order

Movement (1981)
Power, Corruption & Lies (1983) | Read More
Low-Life (1985)
Brotherhood (1986) | Read More
Technique (1989)
Republic (1993)
Get Ready (2001)
Waiting for the Sirens' Call (2005)
Lost Sirens (2013)
Music Complete (2015)

Electronic

Electronic (1991)
Raise the Pressure (1996)
Twisted Tenderness (1999)

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